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Journal of Virology, December 2007, p. 13254-13258, Vol. 81, No. 23
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01018-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Occurrence of the European Subgroup of Subtype I BK Polyomavirus in Japanese-Americans Suggests Transmission outside the Family{triangledown}

Yoshiaki Yogo,* Shan Zhong, Makoto Suzuki, Ayako Shibuya, and Tadaichi Kitamura

Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan

Received 10 May 2007/ Accepted 4 September 2007

To examine the mode of transmission of BK polyomavirus (BKV), urine samples were collected from Japanese-Americans in Los Angeles and from other southern Californians. Subtype I was the main subtype found in samples from both groups. The subtype I subgroup Ib-2, which is predominant in Europe, was the primary subgroup detected in second-generation Japanese-Americans and in southern Californians; however, the Ic subgroup prevalent in native Japanese was rare in these populations. Since the European subgroup (Ib-2) predominated in the studied geographic area, the findings demonstrate that transmission outside the family is common in the spread of BKV, unlike previous findings for JC polyomavirus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Phone: 81-3-5800-8662. Fax: 81-3-5800-8917. E-mail: yogo-tky{at}umin.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 September 2007.

Journal of Virology, December 2007, p. 13254-13258, Vol. 81, No. 23
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01018-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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